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bill clinton frequently lied to the press. they didn't like him at all and she didn't like the press at all that's why she did this thing with the press corps, and i think that her position at that point was that if she gave up anything she might give up everything so she really held on to get into this kind polarized attitude with the right-wing conspiracy argument, so i think that she lost what she had in college and law school which was the sense that her role was never to alienate someone and how fearful she was that she would lose what she was succeeding in gaining. >> would you comment on the relationship between president clinton and president obama and how it sits? >> i think none of us know fully with that relationship is in the bill clinton made a very conscious decision that it was to his self-interest and he makes the case for obama's reelection that they couldn't make himself of all of these complicated questions. and number of things that he put on the table of the democratic convention and talks us through or in
bill clinton frequently lied to the press. they didn't like him at all and she didn't like the press at all that's why she did this thing with the press corps, and i think that her position at that point was that if she gave up anything she might give up everything so she really held on to get into this kind polarized attitude with the right-wing conspiracy argument, so i think that she lost what she had in college and law school which was the sense that her role was never to alienate someone...
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bill clinton frequently lied to the press. they didn't like him at all and she didn't like the press at all which is why she did the thing with the white house press corps and travelgate and stuff. her position at that point was it she gave up anything she might give up everything. she held on to things to get into this -- polarized kind of attitude which was clearly a vast right wing conspiracy argument. she lost what she had in college and in law school which was this sense that her role was never to alienate someone but always stay in touch. that was the function of how fearful she was that she would lose grasp of power that she succeeded in gaining and therefore had to fight it all away to have it her own way. >> what is your comment on the relationship between president clinton and president obama and how the role works? >> none of us knows full be what the relationship is accept bill clinton made a very conscious decision that it was to his self-interest and the interest of the democratic party and barack obama and his w
bill clinton frequently lied to the press. they didn't like him at all and she didn't like the press at all which is why she did the thing with the white house press corps and travelgate and stuff. her position at that point was it she gave up anything she might give up everything. she held on to things to get into this -- polarized kind of attitude which was clearly a vast right wing conspiracy argument. she lost what she had in college and in law school which was this sense that her role was...
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bill"bill and hillary" clinton's relationship affected their political lives. describes how each partner assistanted in the other's career gabs. it's about an hour. [applause] >> good evening, everybody, thank you all for being here. i'm directer of the kansas city public library, it's a great pleasure to have you here and have will chafe here to talk about his excellent new book. called the reflective, ranchy and rivetting. i want to write a book that gets that kind of press myself. i'm trying to live a life that first of all. [laughter] but this book and tonight's top i -- topic will remind us we have a presidential campaign going on in which there is a human cry about what is truth and what is fact, what is fiction, what is a lie, and it reminds us most of this is reterritorial exaggeration but there was a time in american history there were really great liers. we're going to be reminded of that tonight. remember barry gold water talking about richard nixon? i can't tell you what he said, it's a family library and family television tonight. but there was a t
bill"bill and hillary" clinton's relationship affected their political lives. describes how each partner assistanted in the other's career gabs. it's about an hour. [applause] >> good evening, everybody, thank you all for being here. i'm directer of the kansas city public library, it's a great pleasure to have you here and have will chafe here to talk about his excellent new book. called the reflective, ranchy and rivetting. i want to write a book that gets that kind of press...
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of course this is exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton nights. and obama would talk about the presidency in comparison implicitly to reagan as having been small and a missed opportunity about small things. and so, that guarantees this is not a relationship that is going to get off to a great start and after obama wins in the points hillary clinton and secretary of state come he basically mixed bill clinton signed a prenup. but all of the camino, what money he is and isn't allowed to raise the money cannot cannot do and who we can and cannot see. clinton goes along with it. he says it's hillary's turn now on i'll do whatever they need me to do. but it takes a while for these two men to find their footing on all. and i think one of the things of course that happens and we see it happen is once president obama has been in office for a while, he realizes doing great big things is not easy. doing anything is not easy. and suddenly the deals of the compromises and maneuvers and things that they had dismissed as clintonian and i was not a compliment, su
of course this is exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton nights. and obama would talk about the presidency in comparison implicitly to reagan as having been small and a missed opportunity about small things. and so, that guarantees this is not a relationship that is going to get off to a great start and after obama wins in the points hillary clinton and secretary of state come he basically mixed bill clinton signed a prenup. but all of the camino, what money he is and isn't allowed to...
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and what type of counselor bud zumwalt was to bill clinton. many people find this quite surprising, that bud zumwalt would be so close to bill clinton. and i had dinner with madeleine albright, she was peeking at uc davis -- speaking at uc davis, and i did a booktv session with her, but it was davis tv where we just spoke to each other in front of an audience at the monodaf i have center. she told me she never knew that bud was playing this role which was, again, quite interesting. and this is highlighted in the book. and it's no wonder that bill clinton eulogized, eulogized bud in 2000. both bud -- both bill and hillary clinton were very close to the zumwalt family. this bond was forged during renaissance weekends where they would spend time together, but where bud to this day is considered one of the great grandfathers with great respect. people always wallet to talk about bud zumwalt -- want to talk about bud zumwalt, and i think that's so revealing as well. i think the chapter on zumwalt's intelligence service in the book brings up a whole
and what type of counselor bud zumwalt was to bill clinton. many people find this quite surprising, that bud zumwalt would be so close to bill clinton. and i had dinner with madeleine albright, she was peeking at uc davis -- speaking at uc davis, and i did a booktv session with her, but it was davis tv where we just spoke to each other in front of an audience at the monodaf i have center. she told me she never knew that bud was playing this role which was, again, quite interesting. and this is...
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a photo op with bill clinton in 2000. to his detriment a thing. probably could've want to get clinton on his side but there was still a stigma to being associated with clinton. now, in this 2012 cycle, he is the rockstar. he is drawing bigger crowds than anybody and getting praise from all americans. how do you think bill clinton has rehabilitated himself so fully? >> well, i think two things about that. first of all, i personally agree with you about the 2000 election. one of the things i talk about is the 2000 convention, democratic convention, i do if you remember that bill clinton came that bill clinton came down that long white corridor with a black suit, looked like high noon, gary cooper in high noon, remember? at the time of a city with george stephanopoulos watching this. i said george, i think -- out gorgeous game on. georgette the time said no, there's too much discord about president clinton still at this point. but i tended to agree with you. i think two things. number one, i think, this was a shortcoming and
a photo op with bill clinton in 2000. to his detriment a thing. probably could've want to get clinton on his side but there was still a stigma to being associated with clinton. now, in this 2012 cycle, he is the rockstar. he is drawing bigger crowds than anybody and getting praise from all americans. how do you think bill clinton has rehabilitated himself so fully? >> well, i think two things about that. first of all, i personally agree with you about the 2000 election. one of the things...
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and this was exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton that's. obama would talk about the clinton presidency in comparison. small and palfrey and the missed opportunity about small things. that is guaranteed not relationship to get to a great start. naturally after obama wins and appoint hillary clinton as secretary of state he sees a clean up. what money he is, where he is not allowed to give speeches, clinton goes along with it. he says it is hillary's turn but it really takes a while for these two men to find their footing at all and one of the things that happens and we see it happen to many presidents is once president obama has been in office for a while he realizes doing great big things is not easy. doing anything is not easy and suddenly the deals and compromisess and maneuvers and things dismissed as clintonian and that is not a compliment and looking a lot more understandable. now we see in the newest obama campaign video directed by an oscar-winning director and narrated by tom hanks, stars appearing four times in 17 minutes, bill cli
and this was exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton that's. obama would talk about the clinton presidency in comparison. small and palfrey and the missed opportunity about small things. that is guaranteed not relationship to get to a great start. naturally after obama wins and appoint hillary clinton as secretary of state he sees a clean up. what money he is, where he is not allowed to give speeches, clinton goes along with it. he says it is hillary's turn but it really takes a while for...
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and of course this was exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton. and obama would talk about the clinton presidency in comparison to reagan's as having been small and paltry and a missed opportunity. and so that guarantees this relationship would get off to a great start and actually after obama wins, and appoints hillary clinton as as a secretary of state he basically makes bill clinton sign a prenup. [laughter] all the money he is and isn't allowed to raise and where he is and isn't allowed to give speeches and who he can and cannot see, and clinton goes along with the. he says it's hillary's turn now and i will do whatever they need me to do but it takes a while for these two men to find their footing at all and i think one of the things of course that has happened and we have seen it happened in many presidency once obama has been in office an in office for while he realizes doing great big things is not easy. doing anything is not easy and suddenly the deals and the compromises in the maneuvers and the things that they dismissed as clintonian a
and of course this was exquisitely calculated to drive bill clinton. and obama would talk about the clinton presidency in comparison to reagan's as having been small and paltry and a missed opportunity. and so that guarantees this relationship would get off to a great start and actually after obama wins, and appoints hillary clinton as as a secretary of state he basically makes bill clinton sign a prenup. [laughter] all the money he is and isn't allowed to raise and where he is and isn't...
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. >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. did he really mean that? >> guest: i'm not sure he was referring to clinton there. he may have been referring to the bush campaign. i'm not sure. we'll have to clarify that. c-span: but there's a lot of that kind of a quote in the book... >> guest: right. c-span: ... about different politicians and the advice that they would seek from him, but they wouldn't acknowledge it publicly. what was that all about? >> guest: that's right. well, generally that was a problem with the republican presidents, because obviously there was a great political problem for them in dealing with richard nixon. this was a republican president who had been driven from office, and they did not want to publicly acknowledge the association that they had with richard nixon. so even though reagan and bush consulted with nixon on a fairly regular basis, although not as regular as bill clinton, they never did it publicly. they never put a picture out when he visited the white house they used to invite nixon at night so that the press couldn
. >> guest: referring to clinton. c-span: ... bill clinton. did he really mean that? >> guest: i'm not sure he was referring to clinton there. he may have been referring to the bush campaign. i'm not sure. we'll have to clarify that. c-span: but there's a lot of that kind of a quote in the book... >> guest: right. c-span: ... about different politicians and the advice that they would seek from him, but they wouldn't acknowledge it publicly. what was that all about? >>...
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for example bill clinton was not the first and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long history of it and arnold schwarzenegger and john edwards, david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. if you read for example letters written by martha washington going to the winter camp, she didn't complain about the weather. she didn't complain about the harsh conditions but she did complain about one thing. there was a was a tomcat one winter that was misbehaving and it was noisy and kept her awake at night so she nicknamed the tomcat alexander hamilton. because of all the young girls will come into the camp. i also did a book a few years ago called life in the white house about the presidents and these. what hobbies do they have? what were their fears and hopes and what did they -- or were they like his fathers and husbands as another way of stressing presidential characters providing us with another lens. we are all still trying to figure out -- and for example nixon in his free time like to bowl alone and sometimes wore a black suit to do it
for example bill clinton was not the first and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long history of it and arnold schwarzenegger and john edwards, david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. if you read for example letters written by martha washington going to the winter camp, she didn't complain about the weather. she didn't complain about the harsh conditions but she did complain about one thing. there was a was a tomcat one winter that...
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is there any evidence that bill clinton met lyndon johnson? he would have been a college student around that time. but is there, are there any photographs? >> we asked clinton if -- because i suspected that if he had had a chance, he would have. [laughter] >> and, in fact, in the his office n president clinton's office is a signed picture from lyndon johnson that had to be 40 years -- >> there's a story. the story's great. you know, he just, clinton just reviewed the robert caro book in "the new york times" on sunday which we thought was an excellent club idea, and we supported it as club authors. we thought that was good. [laughter] in 1972 clinton is tapped by george mcgovern to run texas for mcgovern which as lost causes go -- [laughter] is one of the great lost causes. texans for mcgovern. [laughter] hopeless. who was the only ally they thought they had, the people running texas? lyndon johnson, except he wasn't really sure he would form -- for mcgovern either. so the day comes when mcgovern and tom eagleton go to the ranch just before the
is there any evidence that bill clinton met lyndon johnson? he would have been a college student around that time. but is there, are there any photographs? >> we asked clinton if -- because i suspected that if he had had a chance, he would have. [laughter] >> and, in fact, in the his office n president clinton's office is a signed picture from lyndon johnson that had to be 40 years -- >> there's a story. the story's great. you know, he just, clinton just reviewed the robert...
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not a bill clinton. he's a long way from a bill clinton. so i think america is also a very divided place. i also tend to spend a lot of time in red states because they tend to be my favorite places to be. [laughter] but i know that there are strongholds particularly in major cities and places like that where president obama has an enormous amount of support. so i think that i'd like to be able to say that we can notch that down as a grand era that came on the back of a tumultuous time where america was in turmoil, where people were looking for someone that represented hope x. -- hope. and through his abilities and through his message he was able to sell himself as something he clearly was not. that's the best i can offer you, i'm sorry. [applause] yes, sir. >> i have one question from someone who didn't want to -- >> sure. >> -- ask. and then when we get through, i wanted to remind everyone that books are for sale over here he's written because we're going to have to write this up. i forgot to announce that this is c-span2 book -- is that r
not a bill clinton. he's a long way from a bill clinton. so i think america is also a very divided place. i also tend to spend a lot of time in red states because they tend to be my favorite places to be. [laughter] but i know that there are strongholds particularly in major cities and places like that where president obama has an enormous amount of support. so i think that i'd like to be able to say that we can notch that down as a grand era that came on the back of a tumultuous time where...
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bush, barack obama and bill clinton were there to pick up the torch. in fact, it begins in, what year would you say quick >> well, it begins when a president is in need of some serious help. and that is what it would take to bring together such an unlikely partnership is harry truman and herbert hoover. two men with nothing in common politically, nothing in common personally. the relation of any kind except for the fact that the world was a very difficult, dangerous challenging place in 1947 truman kind himself president. and so, he is not one to sign on ceremony. he does like our herbert hoover had last is the most hated man with his motorcade pelted with rotten fruit, exiled completely. whenever anyone suggested to franklin roosevelt that maybe hoover could be useful, hoover knows a lot and he was a great humanitarian relief worker before he became president. roosevelt would say i am not jesus christ. i am not raising herbert hoover from the dead. [laughter] cary sherman felt differently. he was racing reports that said many people were at risk of st
bush, barack obama and bill clinton were there to pick up the torch. in fact, it begins in, what year would you say quick >> well, it begins when a president is in need of some serious help. and that is what it would take to bring together such an unlikely partnership is harry truman and herbert hoover. two men with nothing in common politically, nothing in common personally. the relation of any kind except for the fact that the world was a very difficult, dangerous challenging place in...
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i have heard people critique hillary clinton and bill clinton because they think bill clinton's support of the democratic party in this election is only sell hillary could have a better chance in the next election. she is not allowed to use her family to promote her campaign but the man could. at the same time she could be critiqued for having a bad family. >> good point*. >> if you assume the clinton marriage had not had difficulty. [laughter] i think the general public blames hillary more than bill. i think if bill clinton could run again, he would be elected. but there are still nagging questions of the relationship and family baggage. >> this follows the track because the media plays a crucial role what it buys would you give a woman when she receives very public criticism? >> the best way is a sense of humor castlebaum was very good at this not criticism but so much attention on being the only woman. yes it is so difficult to be the only woman in the senate to may sure the clothes are pressed and the joke about it then then people criticize her for being soft-spoken if anybody does
i have heard people critique hillary clinton and bill clinton because they think bill clinton's support of the democratic party in this election is only sell hillary could have a better chance in the next election. she is not allowed to use her family to promote her campaign but the man could. at the same time she could be critiqued for having a bad family. >> good point*. >> if you assume the clinton marriage had not had difficulty. [laughter] i think the general public blames...
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like, i have heard that people are critiquing hillary clinton and bill clinton because they think that bill clinton's support of the democratic party in this election is only so that hillary can maybe have a better chance in the next election. so she is not allowed to use her family has anything to promote her campaign while a man would be allowed to. at the same time she is critique, she might be critiqued for having a bad family. >> good point. >> if you assume that the clinton marriage has had some difficulty, i think the general public probably plans hillary. i think if bill clinton could run again he would be elected. >> that's probably true. >> kent -- hillary, there are still nagging questions about the relationship and family baggage. i think you're right. >> we have a question over here. >> this kind of follows the same track as that last question. because the media plays such a crucial role what advice would you give government to file a woman in public office. >> i think the best way to deal with any criticism is the sense of humor. really get this. it was not so much that s
like, i have heard that people are critiquing hillary clinton and bill clinton because they think that bill clinton's support of the democratic party in this election is only so that hillary can maybe have a better chance in the next election. so she is not allowed to use her family has anything to promote her campaign while a man would be allowed to. at the same time she is critique, she might be critiqued for having a bad family. >> good point. >> if you assume that the clinton...
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smart government for a strong economy. >> president bill clinton coming in your new book back to work you talk about the fact the u.s. should get back in the future business; what do you mean by that? >> i mean that we should have a strategy to build a future of shared prosperity and shared responsibility is based on a cooperative relationship between a strong private economy and a smart government. i think this battle we have been in over whether the government is the source of all our problems and there is no such thing as a bad tax cut or good tax or bad deregulation our good deregulation as obscure what is really going on out there in the world is we still have a lot of the enormous advantages in america but we have lost ground relative to a lot of other countries and the percentage of our young adults with college degrees and our performance and standardized tests in the competitiveness of our health care system where we get what we pay and our ability to generate manager during inclement and ability to export in our research and development capabilities in the areas that we know
smart government for a strong economy. >> president bill clinton coming in your new book back to work you talk about the fact the u.s. should get back in the future business; what do you mean by that? >> i mean that we should have a strategy to build a future of shared prosperity and shared responsibility is based on a cooperative relationship between a strong private economy and a smart government. i think this battle we have been in over whether the government is the source of all...
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>> the next comet jimmy carter, bill clinton and al gore. trained three talks about what is a successful presidential campaign. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it's not and probably worse than adding to your resume, but it's a very important addition to what was said was that the most passionate, most interesting times i had for the 1976 and 1980 carter campaigns, where i was then the cambridge survey research, running all the analysis with john gorman of the partner patrick does on the plane and working with the speechwriters and a lot of my job was coordinated between sue eisenstadt and the policy people are speechwriters, while everyone else was running around. and also in a team meeting at a surreal experience, which was i played ronald reagan with president carter before the debate. i'll explain later why this was an uncomfortable experience. not because who am i to play break-in, but you might think it's safe professors stream to create the president can say you haven't done well here or you're you're only can they
>> the next comet jimmy carter, bill clinton and al gore. trained three talks about what is a successful presidential campaign. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it's not and probably worse than adding to your resume, but it's a very important addition to what was said was that the most passionate, most interesting times i had for the 1976 and 1980 carter campaigns, where i was then the cambridge survey research, running all the analysis with john gorman of the...
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clinton, they are very lik, bill clinton, they are very close, both of the democratic nomination was practically stolen from her mother. but she deserved to be the presidential candidate and not barack obama. and that the obama is had unfairly characterize her father, bill clinton, is a racist during the campaign. so she really wanted the mother to give back and challenge obama and run for president. >> ed klein, our president like that when it comes off as? >> i think most of them are but i don't think dwight eisenhower was. i think he understood how to be a manager, an executive, how to get things done, i don't think lyndon johnson was an amateur when he inherited the presidency after the assassination. lyndon johnson, who could not give a good speech, really, who did not speak well from the teleprompter, but who understood how to manipulate the levers of power in washington. he understood human nature and the strengths and weaknesses of the people in congress and how to play on those weaknesses and strengths. obama doesn't seem to have that skill set to use human nature as a way o
clinton, they are very lik, bill clinton, they are very close, both of the democratic nomination was practically stolen from her mother. but she deserved to be the presidential candidate and not barack obama. and that the obama is had unfairly characterize her father, bill clinton, is a racist during the campaign. so she really wanted the mother to give back and challenge obama and run for president. >> ed klein, our president like that when it comes off as? >> i think most of them...
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i am done with bill clinton and need to search for a true. died in will progress that he found that person in barack obama. someone committed to the ideology of progressivism. that is why he started to organize star-studded fun seaisr for barack obama and barack obama out of nowhere started to appear on the oprah winfrey -- he was on set with ellen degeneres dancing. granting concerts' with dave matthews. he was the american idol candidates and for someone like david geffen it paid off in big dividend to. he was granted exclusive access to the white house. david geffen, there he is. appointing him at his side. michelle ng obama the food which ready to pounce on any non organic item and the first state o tepartment dinner for minister of in the at and the prime minister wearing a sweet turbabut d hollywood committed to barack obama. barack obama committed to hollywood and they will stop but nothing to have another four years of him. that is why we have to muzzle hollywood. i don't mean in the way the left does. the left tries to silence dissen
i am done with bill clinton and need to search for a true. died in will progress that he found that person in barack obama. someone committed to the ideology of progressivism. that is why he started to organize star-studded fun seaisr for barack obama and barack obama out of nowhere started to appear on the oprah winfrey -- he was on set with ellen degeneres dancing. granting concerts' with dave matthews. he was the american idol candidates and for someone like david geffen it paid off in big...
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and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was mentioned -- i was interviewed for the book, so i guess i'm reading it because i'm in the book. again, that was the first president i served under in congress was bill clinton, and
and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was mentioned -- i was interviewed for the book, so i guess i'm reading it because i'm in the book. again, that was the first president i served under in congress was bill clinton, and
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clinton. lincoln is a special case and that his successful second term was so brief. it is interesting to note-only presidents who had a more successful second term than their first word james madison and andrew jackson. the following is an accounting of the president's elected to a second term and the reason for those of experience failed or troubled second terms. four failed because of a war that seemed unwinnable war for lack of preparedness. jefferson, truman, johnson and. were the four. also four failed because of economic crisis or failure to act to deter such a crisis. jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt, the 37 downturn and george bush. eight who failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grant, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and george bush. two failed due to who boris. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grand and cleveland. the dominant force of
clinton. lincoln is a special case and that his successful second term was so brief. it is interesting to note-only presidents who had a more successful second term than their first word james madison and andrew jackson. the following is an accounting of the president's elected to a second term and the reason for those of experience failed or troubled second terms. four failed because of a war that seemed unwinnable war for lack of preparedness. jefferson, truman, johnson and. were the four....
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makes bill clinton signed a prenup. [laughter] all of them what money he is allowed to raise and where he is not allowed to display features and what he can and cannot do -- clinton goes along with it. he says it is hillary's turn now and i will do whatever they need to do. but it really takes a while for these two men to find their footing at all. i think one of the things, of course that happens, and we see it happen too many presidents, once president obama has been in office for a while, he realizes that doing great things is big things is not easy. doing anything is not easy. then suddenly, the deals and compromises and the maneuvers and things that had dismissed as clintonian, which was not a component, suddenly were looking a lot more understandable. now we see what we see in the newest obama campaign video, which is directed by an oscar-winning director and narrated by tom hanks. stars appearing four times in 17 minutes, bill clinton. >> after the republican primary, where a lot of different people were running
makes bill clinton signed a prenup. [laughter] all of them what money he is allowed to raise and where he is not allowed to display features and what he can and cannot do -- clinton goes along with it. he says it is hillary's turn now and i will do whatever they need to do. but it really takes a while for these two men to find their footing at all. i think one of the things, of course that happens, and we see it happen too many presidents, once president obama has been in office for a while, he...
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i think if bill clinton could run again, he would you like to. but hillary, there are still nagging questions about all of the relationship and family baggage. so i think you're right. >> okay, we have a question over here. >> this kind of follows the same track as that last question. because the media plays such a crucial role, what advice would you give a woman in public office when she receives very public criticism? >> i think the best way to do with any criticism is a sense of humor. you know, nancy kassebaum is really good at this. it wasn't so much that she got criticism, but she is so much attention on her being the only woman. and there's a couple lines i quote in this chapter, where she typed about it so difficult being the only woman in the senate. i have to take care of cleaning somebody's cat and making sure that bob heard is right for a price. and she kind of joked about the whole thing. and then she was also talking about the fact that people criticized her for being fairly soft-spoken. she says if anybody does a bummer time, i'm g
i think if bill clinton could run again, he would you like to. but hillary, there are still nagging questions about all of the relationship and family baggage. so i think you're right. >> okay, we have a question over here. >> this kind of follows the same track as that last question. because the media plays such a crucial role, what advice would you give a woman in public office when she receives very public criticism? >> i think the best way to do with any criticism is a...
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bill clinton did not have to move to the left to be people. george w. bush had challengers. john mccain, on the left of him. deep forbes decided to not be the right-wing menace. mitt romney, unlike many other candidates, which faced far more verlyn challengers sucking up delegates and growth in pockets, none of them could ever win by that. but they all did challenges and there were some weak planning that no one expected. i am certain that nobody expected they would have to come out and condemn contraception. i don't think he wanted to go as far as he did as endorsing congressman paul ryan. but when you are facing michele bachmann and sir palen and newt gingrich, and senator santorum, you have a hard time finding room for a person. if i think he made one mistake, nobody likes to be told vote for me because i can win even if you don't really like me. nobody likes to be told, vote for the lowest common denominator because you have no other winner. but that is some of what he ended up with. even though he has a very smart team around him. over there? wait for the microphone boo
bill clinton did not have to move to the left to be people. george w. bush had challengers. john mccain, on the left of him. deep forbes decided to not be the right-wing menace. mitt romney, unlike many other candidates, which faced far more verlyn challengers sucking up delegates and growth in pockets, none of them could ever win by that. but they all did challenges and there were some weak planning that no one expected. i am certain that nobody expected they would have to come out and condemn...
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those with higher incomes would go back to the tax rates that prevailed when bill clinton was president. why the other side, you know, is horrified by that is perplexing to me. because i look back at the clint era, i was here. that's a long time ago. i was here. i came to the senate. with senator feinstein when bill clinton was president and he faced similar issues in that we had a deficit that was getting out of control, a debt that was getting out of control. we needed to have growth, and so he put forward a plan, a budget plan that invested in our people, invested in the infrastructure, invested in education, and at the same time said we can find cuts in other areas and we can raise taxes on those who are doing very well. and what happened with that fair and balanced approach? what happened was the greatest prosperity in modern history. 23 million jobs, no more deficits, we got to a balanced budget and i remember saying to my husband my goodness, what's going to happen? there won't be any more u.s. government bonds because we're going to be out of the debt situation. we saw -- we saw
those with higher incomes would go back to the tax rates that prevailed when bill clinton was president. why the other side, you know, is horrified by that is perplexing to me. because i look back at the clint era, i was here. that's a long time ago. i was here. i came to the senate. with senator feinstein when bill clinton was president and he faced similar issues in that we had a deficit that was getting out of control, a debt that was getting out of control. we needed to have growth, and so...
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in 1988 bill clinton said, when i run on never have any trouble with the drug questions. whenever they ask me about drugs and to say i never broke any state laws. you never get away with that nationally. the first to use it that it will ask you about england. first interview, don imus. governor clinton, what about when you're in england. that is when the famous i didn't inhale answer was used. that became one of the -- i don't know if you still remember that line, but for years and years, everything from johnny where were you? i was at the library. that was the line. over and over you heard it. and then look at center obama it's a high will. having a terrible time with the debate and with the question and answers. he searched and planning, and not like he's of the people. i give both sides of the question and then explain where i stand. as a professor of realize the arrogance of professors. if you're a professor and you bolivia and talking like, either they get it or the official. when your candid if you talk of link and the tune out you fill. it's your job to talk at the
in 1988 bill clinton said, when i run on never have any trouble with the drug questions. whenever they ask me about drugs and to say i never broke any state laws. you never get away with that nationally. the first to use it that it will ask you about england. first interview, don imus. governor clinton, what about when you're in england. that is when the famous i didn't inhale answer was used. that became one of the -- i don't know if you still remember that line, but for years and years,...
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>> it came from a meeting that bill clinton had in new york, north of new york city where he has a home. he invited -- this was back in august 2011. he invited his wife, his daughter, chelsea, and a bunch of friends to meet with him because he had news. he had done a secret poll. this was in 2011, sorry. the polls showed if hillary clinton would challenge president obama for the democratic presidential nomination in 2012, he thought she could win. she was surprised by this. she said, bill, i'm the secretary of state, i have lunch with the man every thursday, what about loyalty, bill? he said, there's no such word as "loyalty" in politics. he said the people around obama did not understand how the real world works, that they had been responsible for losing america, it's aaa credit rating for the first time in its history, and that president obama was, in his words, an amateur. now, i spoke to two people who were at that meeting, and when i heard that, i said "the amateur," that's the perfect title for the took. >> president clinton denied publicly he used that term. >> an interesting sto
>> it came from a meeting that bill clinton had in new york, north of new york city where he has a home. he invited -- this was back in august 2011. he invited his wife, his daughter, chelsea, and a bunch of friends to meet with him because he had news. he had done a secret poll. this was in 2011, sorry. the polls showed if hillary clinton would challenge president obama for the democratic presidential nomination in 2012, he thought she could win. she was surprised by this. she said,...
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right now, there's a revolt in the democratic party, people like yoself and bill clinton criticizing presidentbamor bain capital. why are you doing this when the stakes are so high? second, are you comfortable with lancg the budget the s ofio wwoll ei l? kwo questions. i'll answer them both. i'll try to be quick. i dended the president on bain capital wen he has everight toloreit rnmn gst e soor ti . we should look at that to see if they created more jobs than they closed down, to see how they operated. what my complaint w with the part of the ad that said he wa a vampir atas s badser y in vulture capitalism. you don't win friends. using names like that. when we say, and bill clinton is a smart guy, he's going to be for obaman october when it counts, andecae he sa nce gsutmnis , people remember that and say, well, bight is telling me the truth because he didn't trash the other guy. i was on morning joe last friday, and i don't know if you saw it, but there was a fellow by the name of ed glmor a puantyai, e tfoontvad president obama and gave him an f in every category. i questioned hi
right now, there's a revolt in the democratic party, people like yoself and bill clinton criticizing presidentbamor bain capital. why are you doing this when the stakes are so high? second, are you comfortable with lancg the budget the s ofio wwoll ei l? kwo questions. i'll answer them both. i'll try to be quick. i dended the president on bain capital wen he has everight toloreit rnmn gst e soor ti . we should look at that to see if they created more jobs than they closed down, to see how they...
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yet bill clinton is listed among the seven presidents who were successful. they might offer guidance or he reelected. some of the president's face hostility from the congress feel the majority of their own party in wooded washington, jefferson, monroe, grant, theodore roosevelt, johnson and bush. andrew jackson was centered with a congress controlled by its own democratic party like he never forgave. franklin roosevelt had a constraint on had a constant battle with the democrats in congress who opposed his new deal legislation. he severed his greatest political defeat as a democratic controlled congress to support his plan to pass the supreme court. the republican fought the legislation drafted by the fellow republican of ohio who sought to take away the presidential power. the speaker then is all about, however, is what might be from the four years of a second term of barack obama where he recollected barack obama in all probability would face the daunting challenge of working with the republican majority in the house and possibly in the senate. what lesson
yet bill clinton is listed among the seven presidents who were successful. they might offer guidance or he reelected. some of the president's face hostility from the congress feel the majority of their own party in wooded washington, jefferson, monroe, grant, theodore roosevelt, johnson and bush. andrew jackson was centered with a congress controlled by its own democratic party like he never forgave. franklin roosevelt had a constraint on had a constant battle with the democrats in congress who...
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and remember william rehnquist did that in the bill clinton impeachment trial. and when he was later asked what it had amounted to, he said i did nothing in particular, and i did it very well. [laughter] the duties of the chief justice are undefined. and much about the supreme court initially was undefined. so it really had to create itself, and it's done so not in a straight-line progression, but it's done so through its cases, the cases that in the early years it had to decide because it had very little discretion over what to hear, and the cases these days that it chooses to decide. and even that was a choice by the supreme court. you know, most appellate courts today in this country, they have to take what comes. and so they act sort of as courts of review, courts of appeal, courts of error correction. and that was the supreme court's initial fate or so it seemed. but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states, and he sized this up, and he thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to
and remember william rehnquist did that in the bill clinton impeachment trial. and when he was later asked what it had amounted to, he said i did nothing in particular, and i did it very well. [laughter] the duties of the chief justice are undefined. and much about the supreme court initially was undefined. so it really had to create itself, and it's done so not in a straight-line progression, but it's done so through its cases, the cases that in the early years it had to decide because it had...
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clinton. [laughter] now, i will have a little map here for you. things start off at the white house and they move along pennsylvania avenue towards the capitol which is on the right and there's a traditional copy at the white house that takes place and it's a big deal on the days when there is a transition from one president to another. again, 1961 and the was a year a lot of thpictures were made available. you just don't normally see these pictures. here's eisenhower and kennedy together and at the same time you have the women together and these women actually were the first ladies of the country between 1953 and 1974. that is mami eisenhower and that's ladybird johnson, there's jacqueline kennedy who became the new first lady and pat nixon who was the outgoing vice president at that time. another thing that takes place on inauguration day when there is a change in power is by tradition the of going president leaves a note for his successor. this is the note, this is the large envelope that w
clinton. [laughter] now, i will have a little map here for you. things start off at the white house and they move along pennsylvania avenue towards the capitol which is on the right and there's a traditional copy at the white house that takes place and it's a big deal on the days when there is a transition from one president to another. again, 1961 and the was a year a lot of thpictures were made available. you just don't normally see these pictures. here's eisenhower and kennedy together and...
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all told, for the basic set of books islamic terrorism, foreign policy and a biography of bill clinton. .. >> it is good that he mention that i'm a writer for the "washington post." as journalists come up one of the things we don't like to do is make predictions. is that right? we are dealing with the facts, and we are not guessing. of course, i would like to start off by making a prediction. [laughter] that is that it's highly likely that the first latino president of the united states has been born. now, he or she could be an infant right now, or in second-grader high school, or maybe even in the united states senate. it is clear from looking at the united states and the changes in our demography that latinos will continue to play a larger role in the national dialogue. you know, you look at the statistics. in 2004, 7.6 million latinos voted in the united states. that is according to research that has been done at the national level. in 2008, that jumped up to 9.7 million. now there are estimates that this upcoming election in november, this number could go up to as high as 12 millio
all told, for the basic set of books islamic terrorism, foreign policy and a biography of bill clinton. .. >> it is good that he mention that i'm a writer for the "washington post." as journalists come up one of the things we don't like to do is make predictions. is that right? we are dealing with the facts, and we are not guessing. of course, i would like to start off by making a prediction. [laughter] that is that it's highly likely that the first latino president of the...
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and then when kennedy finishes his speech, bill clinton votes forward and get his picture taken with, alongside of john f. kennedy. is so proud. he is so proud. and he is already dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person who is going to bring complete honor to the family. it already, by the age of 17, is planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas, and president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about. he talks about it all the time. it is not go to the university of arkansas, he goes to georgetown. and from georgetown he becomes the arkansas candidate for the rhodes scholarship and goes to oxford. he is an incredible success everywhere, but he cannot have a sustained ongoing relationship with a woman. he is attracted to the kind of women his mother directs him to, who are the beauty queens, who are the ones who are flirtatious, who are attractive, and that's really where his eyes have been. until he comes back to you law school. there he meets hillary brought them. >> you can watch this and othe
and then when kennedy finishes his speech, bill clinton votes forward and get his picture taken with, alongside of john f. kennedy. is so proud. he is so proud. and he is already dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the person who is going to bring complete honor to the family. it already, by the age of 17, is planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas, and president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about. he...
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bill clinton who was the ultimate super feeding frenzy of that time. again, the substance of it was less important than watergate, but bill clinton certainly provided several extra chapters. >> but internal we're taping this interview at the university of virginia as part of our universities series. late march 2012. currently what does the crystal ball say about the house, senate, and the president? >> i'll let you emphasize current because we do use election models will but the only ticket in midsummer because in the current economic data. you need current presidential job approval. often what appears to be true in late winter or early spring in an election-year turns out to be frost in the summer sun. we don't even get to that tent. if the election were held now i think the president would reelection by a much smaller of its raw margin. maybe 300 electoral votes. if the election were held today but think the republicans will hold the house. democrats need to gain 25 seats to take control. i think he would gain to our 1250 election or up-to-date. the
bill clinton who was the ultimate super feeding frenzy of that time. again, the substance of it was less important than watergate, but bill clinton certainly provided several extra chapters. >> but internal we're taping this interview at the university of virginia as part of our universities series. late march 2012. currently what does the crystal ball say about the house, senate, and the president? >> i'll let you emphasize current because we do use election models will but the...
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and as bill clinton remarked in his eulogy at the funeral, sargent shriver really was that good. he was born in 1915. his parents were catholic social justice advocates, and his godfather was cardinal james gibbons of baltimore. he was educated at yale university and yale law school and immediately entered the navy where he received the purple heart for his service in the pacific theater. the awful immediacy of his war experiences made him a man who was dedicated to making every feasible effort to achieve peace. after he was discharged at the end of war, he worked as "newsweek" magazine, and in that job came into contact with joseph kennedy sr. who asked him to manage the merchandise mart in chicago. during those chicago years, he married the boss' daughter, eunice, in 1953 and chaired the chicago school board and the catholic interracial council as a supporter of desegregation of the city's schools. shriver's prominence in the commercial and social life of the state soon led to interest on the part of the political leaders to nominate him for governor of illinois. but by then hi
and as bill clinton remarked in his eulogy at the funeral, sargent shriver really was that good. he was born in 1915. his parents were catholic social justice advocates, and his godfather was cardinal james gibbons of baltimore. he was educated at yale university and yale law school and immediately entered the navy where he received the purple heart for his service in the pacific theater. the awful immediacy of his war experiences made him a man who was dedicated to making every feasible effort...
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bill clinton is an -- i've heard the same reports with interest. the problem, and bill clinton is extremely popular with certain israelis. he didn't like ben berne -- he didn't like ben benjamin netanyahu, and benjamin netanyahu didn't like him. the question is how? he's no longer the president of the united states. even if he was the high profile negotiator for this president, it's only the president and his administration that are pushing for some resolution, and i think it would be hard for bill clinton to go into that process as effectively as we remember him in he was president undertaking the same efforts in the last days of his administration. it would certainly help him a lot. it might be more i efficacious f they brought in bush, who is still missing a legacy in his life, and have that bipartisan cast to it, might be an interesting way to approach it, but hard to go against benjamin netanyahu, if he comes out of the election with a lant -- landslide mandate and tougher, harder cabinet, but that's what makes me think it'll be pushed back to
bill clinton is an -- i've heard the same reports with interest. the problem, and bill clinton is extremely popular with certain israelis. he didn't like ben berne -- he didn't like ben benjamin netanyahu, and benjamin netanyahu didn't like him. the question is how? he's no longer the president of the united states. even if he was the high profile negotiator for this president, it's only the president and his administration that are pushing for some resolution, and i think it would be hard for...
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or reagan's swearing-in, jimmy carter, bill clinton and. here's 1985. this is reagan's second inauguration. a different locale, and the reason is because the weather was so bad in washington d.c. in 1985, it was a wind chill factor below zero, and so everything got canceled. the parade get canceled. then moved the of taking indoors and to the capitol rotunda, so there were only about 1,000 people squeezed in. weather has been a problem a few times, as i mentioned. an old picture from 89 in a lot of rain for the inauguration of benjamin harrison. 1945 this was franklin d. roosevelt's fourth inauguration. the war was going on. he was ill. everything was moved to the white house and he took the of have one of the balcony is there at the white house. so you know that fdr had for inauguration's. here's my trivia. you can impress your friends. barack obama is about to tiny franklin d. roosevelt record. how could that be? roosevelt was inaugurated four times. well, we already know obama was inaugurated twice. the inauguration in january this year falls on sund
or reagan's swearing-in, jimmy carter, bill clinton and. here's 1985. this is reagan's second inauguration. a different locale, and the reason is because the weather was so bad in washington d.c. in 1985, it was a wind chill factor below zero, and so everything got canceled. the parade get canceled. then moved the of taking indoors and to the capitol rotunda, so there were only about 1,000 people squeezed in. weather has been a problem a few times, as i mentioned. an old picture from 89 in a...
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i was not where bill clinton was at. i was worried about my country and i was worried about government. but i was not even doing what bill clinton was doing. i was sitting there puzzling about it, and when the whole clinton service thing story broke as i was closing out my book, i realized that i'm quite sure i would have served. and if i had served, i would have tried to figure out how to go. of course, being a girl, it was a non-issue. c-span: where were you born? >> guest: washington, dc, in doctors hospital in 1945. c-span: and what did your parents do? >> guest: my father was associate deputy administrator of nasa involved with the apollo program and involved with the budget bureau and actually was there in the room when mcnamara learned kennedy was shot, because the budget bureau was reviewing the defense budget over in mcnamara's office. and many people in my... c-span: is that the source of your... >> guest: one of several -- mac bundy and -- and roz gilpatrick -- there are many accounts that all converge there i
i was not where bill clinton was at. i was worried about my country and i was worried about government. but i was not even doing what bill clinton was doing. i was sitting there puzzling about it, and when the whole clinton service thing story broke as i was closing out my book, i realized that i'm quite sure i would have served. and if i had served, i would have tried to figure out how to go. of course, being a girl, it was a non-issue. c-span: where were you born? >> guest: washington,...
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in 1996 when bill clinton was running for reelection, at this point in the campaign he was not at 44%. he was at 504%. that is that 10 percent difference president obama has so destroyed the confidence of his own party in an independence that he is lagging ten points behind where bill clinton was. he is in terrible political say and for reasons i will review here shortly he is going to get worse before it gets better. i personally believe that 44 percent is a ceiling, not a floor. that is, inflated. my friend, great assistant to richard nixon, ronald reagan speech writer and adviser has long argued that there is no such thing as a bradley effect. the bradley effect is named for mayor tom bradley of los angeles when he ran against george deukmejian did not do as well in the final balloting is he had been doing in the polling. for years pundits have ascribe that to the brad the affected people are free to say they're not going to vote for african-american because they don't want to be up to the prejudice he they're talking anonymously to pollsters. and he has all the data, and i believe
in 1996 when bill clinton was running for reelection, at this point in the campaign he was not at 44%. he was at 504%. that is that 10 percent difference president obama has so destroyed the confidence of his own party in an independence that he is lagging ten points behind where bill clinton was. he is in terrible political say and for reasons i will review here shortly he is going to get worse before it gets better. i personally believe that 44 percent is a ceiling, not a floor. that is,...
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you brought that bill clinton. this morning, the was a biography back in the 1990's, has the roots of two presidents, born on august 15 years apart at opposite ends of the baby boom generation. bill clinton in 1946. barack obama, 1961. both came into the world under circumstances which made it surprisingly unlikely that either boy would grow to be president of the united states. one sentence i will respond to -- among the characteristics, the young clinton and obama shared, a competitive will. guest: as far as i understand it, david is writing a book about the young barack obama. he is an expert on that. what i found in doing this book was the image we have a barack obama the we get from the media, from interviews and from observing, is a little different than the true barack obama. i do think -- he has gotten a bad rap from being a bad negotiator, equivocating, looking for compromises. but i do think he has this fierce competitive well, which is tempered by a real pragmatic streak. the sort of burden of office in
you brought that bill clinton. this morning, the was a biography back in the 1990's, has the roots of two presidents, born on august 15 years apart at opposite ends of the baby boom generation. bill clinton in 1946. barack obama, 1961. both came into the world under circumstances which made it surprisingly unlikely that either boy would grow to be president of the united states. one sentence i will respond to -- among the characteristics, the young clinton and obama shared, a competitive will....
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along with bill clinton, they were tied to. a man crashed on each other when david was in washington d.c. he would spend time in the lincoln bedroom. when bill clinton was in california he would crash there. but then he refused to grant it apart -- a pardon to a radical in the american indian movement. serving consecutive life sentences aiding and abetting the execution-style murders of two fbi agents for about nothing excites the left more than cop killers. the left still has their posters if there is a rally but had to say after a search for a true blue and he found that person been at barack obama. that's why he organized star-studded fund-raisers while, appeared on the couch of both pro winfrey, ellen degeneres, exclusives to "rolling stone" concerts' with "rolling stone" dave matthews. it paid off in dividends that he was granted exclusive access to the warehouse. there he is an by his side is michelle obama ready to pounce on any non organic items. [laughter] this is that the first state department dinner for the prime mi
along with bill clinton, they were tied to. a man crashed on each other when david was in washington d.c. he would spend time in the lincoln bedroom. when bill clinton was in california he would crash there. but then he refused to grant it apart -- a pardon to a radical in the american indian movement. serving consecutive life sentences aiding and abetting the execution-style murders of two fbi agents for about nothing excites the left more than cop killers. the left still has their posters if...
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i read about bill clinton. he is a white guy. i read about him when he was president for the very same reason. i thought his life story, how we got to where he got in the way i could use modern american and global forces to write about it all led me to want to do this for. >> host: choice mp alice, washington. cohabit your question for david maraniss. >> caller: first of all, thank you for both tv and c-span. my question has to do with the classes that president obama to get to occidental and columbia. i am curious about what he wanted to study or what he did study. >> guest: , accidental, though school is actually they had soared as a grand dean in the classics. so you have to study a potted history and english in both the those schools, just mandatory classes. adox at all, he focused on political science and english. at columbia county had to take mandatory courses in the classics and also political science. the series focuses. >> host: next call comes from pasadena, california. alan, please go ahead. >> caller: hello, booktv.
i read about bill clinton. he is a white guy. i read about him when he was president for the very same reason. i thought his life story, how we got to where he got in the way i could use modern american and global forces to write about it all led me to want to do this for. >> host: choice mp alice, washington. cohabit your question for david maraniss. >> caller: first of all, thank you for both tv and c-span. my question has to do with the classes that president obama to get to...
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c-span: would you automatically then transfer that to bill clinton as a former governor? >> guest: actually, i would. c-span: he was a governor. >> guest: i actually would. i think he will understand that he should not get trapped too deeply in low approval and will not push a legislative agenda to the point, say, a lyndon johnson did. he's someone who's very astute about the expenditure, i think, of political capital. and i don't find him--i find him pragmatic, and i think he will push, but he won't push to the point of sacrificing his administration. c-span: you also talk about the number of positions a president takes with the congress having an impact on how the population at large views them. and because we've had a president of opposite parties in this town for the last 12 years, there have been a lot more positions being taken. you want to explain that? >> guest: all right. go ahead. >> guest: well, what we look at--we ask the question in one chapter. the question simply is: does approval help a president win his way in congress? in other words: does that help them
c-span: would you automatically then transfer that to bill clinton as a former governor? >> guest: actually, i would. c-span: he was a governor. >> guest: i actually would. i think he will understand that he should not get trapped too deeply in low approval and will not push a legislative agenda to the point, say, a lyndon johnson did. he's someone who's very astute about the expenditure, i think, of political capital. and i don't find him--i find him pragmatic, and i think he will...
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and finally, a complicated man, biography -- oral history of bill clinton. i was interviewed for the book, so i guess it's a bit of ego there reading because anytime the book. again, i was -- served under bill clinton and it's interesting to read that. so al -- all told, for the basic set of books, islamic terrorism, foreign policy, and biography of bill clinton thrown in. >> we did not begin as a city in kentucky. there was only a vague native american region and later a county in another state called kentucky. but we began in 1778 as virginiaans
and finally, a complicated man, biography -- oral history of bill clinton. i was interviewed for the book, so i guess it's a bit of ego there reading because anytime the book. again, i was -- served under bill clinton and it's interesting to read that. so al -- all told, for the basic set of books, islamic terrorism, foreign policy, and biography of bill clinton thrown in. >> we did not begin as a city in kentucky. there was only a vague native american region and later a county in...
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bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the best domestic legislative accomplishment that could rival lyndon johnson or to be fair richard nixon. perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a unified government that will pass its preferred programs but it would be foolhardy, most observers at this time is the more or less maintenance of the status quo in which barack obama will continue to occupy the oval office as the republicans continue to patrol by reversed number of the house of representatives with the senate at this time being up for grabs. so we should be open for the possibility that the current election will fit the shakespearean description of sound and fury signifying nothing or very little with regard to domestic policy and that is what i am focusing on. perhaps not nothing. considered the conclusion of tom friedman's column on april 22nd of this past year in which he expressed great conce
bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican but bill clinton was democrat. and you have fragmented government, george w. bush had a republican congress for four to eight years. george bush scarcely had the best domestic legislative accomplishment that could rival lyndon johnson or to be fair richard nixon. perhaps the 2012 elections will generate a unified government that will pass its preferred programs but it would be foolhardy, most observers at this time is the more or less...
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bill clinton had that problem unless congress forced him to be more disciplined and focused, so this is a problem in the scale of government but it's also the executive model that's seen in the white house staff from a total of five under president grant and i think 27 under mckinley to now it's over with the white house staff has several hundred people plus 3,000 people you a point to the senior ranks of the executive branch so we did the math on that one if you appoint three people an hour, 24 hours a day from election day it takes you to june or july to fill all those jobs. but also practical if by the way there is no confirmation problem with any of them and this is why we now convinced that the government is very well anymore we are simply asking presidents to wait too much. >> let's open up to questions from the audience. >> academia. one of the president's you cover, bill clinton, said on more than one occasion that the american people are rhetorically conservative but operational the progressive. is their anything to this? >> he wasn't the first person to say that. i think --
bill clinton had that problem unless congress forced him to be more disciplined and focused, so this is a problem in the scale of government but it's also the executive model that's seen in the white house staff from a total of five under president grant and i think 27 under mckinley to now it's over with the white house staff has several hundred people plus 3,000 people you a point to the senior ranks of the executive branch so we did the math on that one if you appoint three people an hour,...
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bill clinton was more of a centrist president. but he was the last standard bearer before barack obama. i do think is tough for the centrist democrats but tougher to tell them to sit in the corner. that is my read. the moderate to conservative democrat from arkansas was challenged by unions have lost her primary. but for the most part, i do think republicans have much more of a litmus test. >> host: why is that? ideological? psychological? disciplined, attitude toward political power? >> that is a good question. it has been a strategy they feel works for them to coalesce and energize their base. republican party has to come, quoting tom davis to say the same thing in has become a party of older white males southern voters. they are not a party especially with birth control the genetic feel to minorities. the hispanic vote is rapidly growing and a very important swing votes. with their behavior they could kiss that vote to goodbye even if they pick somebody like marco rubio to be the vice presidential candidate. >> host: even if th
bill clinton was more of a centrist president. but he was the last standard bearer before barack obama. i do think is tough for the centrist democrats but tougher to tell them to sit in the corner. that is my read. the moderate to conservative democrat from arkansas was challenged by unions have lost her primary. but for the most part, i do think republicans have much more of a litmus test. >> host: why is that? ideological? psychological? disciplined, attitude toward political power?...
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>> i talked about, is going to see bill cosby, but bill clinton to some people would say a tack sister soldier in events to show to the country that he could reprimand the black community, distance himself some say from reverend jesse jackson. i suggest now that young black politicians engage in a kind of bill cosby moment, especially if they have ambitions for national office. they have to show the country that they are not beholden to black communities, and often that means engaging in a little reprimanding of black people, often the black poor. so i recalled that his to cosby mold. and i think you look at kind of the other young and particular black politicians who are trying to have a position behind the black community you'll also find that they have these moments of reprimanding black communities. >> so in trenton, personal, where did the remake's to come from? >> it comes out of hip-hop culture and it really does speak a kind of making sure that the culture, the voices, the ideas of young black people are first and foremost in writing this book including in the title. >> is ther
>> i talked about, is going to see bill cosby, but bill clinton to some people would say a tack sister soldier in events to show to the country that he could reprimand the black community, distance himself some say from reverend jesse jackson. i suggest now that young black politicians engage in a kind of bill cosby moment, especially if they have ambitions for national office. they have to show the country that they are not beholden to black communities, and often that means engaging in...